Thiokol center to close in 1973 in Roswell
Roswell Employment Training Center at the Roswell Industrial Air Center will close by June 30 1973 due to lack of budgeted funds. The center funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs serves about 575 American Indian adults and children with vocational education and social skills training. The Thiokol run Indian Police Academy will also close after the current class graduates on Sept. 22 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod M. Starkey
Roswell
Roswell Industrial Air Center
United States Department of Interior
Starkey
Washington
Thiokol Chemical Corp
Thiokol
RETC
Division of Employment Assistance
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
United States Indian Police Academy
Indian Police Academy
Bureau of Indian
BIA
Dean Tidwell
Foreign market prospects aired in Roswell meeting
A Roswell meeting on foreign market opportunities began at 9 30 a m in the Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce conference room. Bill Dwyer from the U S Department of Commerce Albuquerque office moderated the session attended by Roswell Mayor William Brainerd RCDC executive vice president Ernie Witucki and several local businessmen and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Dwyer
RCDC
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Mexico
Rolla Hinkle
Chaves
Flood Victim Identified in Hillsboro Percha Creek Tragedy
The body of Isabel Gurski of Deming was identified as the flood victim found along Percha Creek. Her husband Mike remained missing as the search continued, raising the death toll to three. In Munich, Jim Ryan failed to qualify in the 1500 meters heat at the Olympics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
N.M
Isabel Gurski
Deming
Munich
Jim Ryan
United States
Grand champ Dennis Luce shows prize lamb at fair
Dennis Luce a 17 year old Floyd resident and Floyd FFA member is pictured with the grand champion black face mutton lamb from the 1972 Eastern New Mexico State Fair market lamb show. See page 5 for results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Luce
Floyd
Luce
Pidt Luce
Floyd Ffa Club
Roswell
State and Local Officials Set for Title I Conference
State and local school officials including Donald Harvey and Frank Ready will fly to Washington D C to attend a Title I conference with Ben Rice of the HEW Division of Compensatory Education. Roswell’s Robert Maxwell said he and Jacob Martinez will join the meeting to discuss an April HEW survey of Roswell Title I programs prompted by a Parents Advisory Council complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington D.C
Ben Rice
Southwest Area
U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare
Robert Maxwell
Roswell Independent School District
Rice
Donald Harvey
Frank Ready
Jacob Martinez
Harvey
Maxwell
HEW
Roswell
Gene Fusco
Fat Calves and Livestock Show Highlight ENM State Fair
At ENM State Fair fat calves from Hereford and Black Angus herds compete with other breeds for grand champions and blue ribbons to be auctioned Saturday morning. The Junior Livestock Sale begins at 7 a.m. in the sales pavilion following a 6 a.m. chuck wagon breakfast for spectators and buyers. An extra rodeo featuring Festus Haggen and a quartet is added for Saturday at 1:30 p.m. after a rainout. The beef breeding show follows the fat calf judging, with an 8 a.m. horse show opening Western classes and English classes planned for Saturday. Roswell exhibitors such as Raymond Aguilar and Michael Stogner win grand championships in poultry, while numerous Roswell residents collect firsts and ribbons in the livestock division. Connie Wheeler of Lovington displays the champion Hereford steer in the market call show for the fair.
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New Mexico
Festus Haggen
Festus
Villa Solano
Hagerman
Fort Stanton
Lincoln County
Raymond Aguilar
Roswell
Michael Stogner
Butch Hefner
Bobby Irwin
A. M
Hereford Show Grand Championship Contested Today
Hereford judging continues with grand championship later today. Top finishers in Class Three-Heavy include Mike Gilmore Lea 4-H second Dickie Wheeler Lea 4-H third Gary Kuykendall Chaves 4-H fourth Phil Straley Lincoln 4-H fifth Gayla Smith Chaves 4-H sixth Mitch Brininstool Lea 4-H seventh Kent Best Roosevelt 4-H eighth Bobby Booky Honda FFA ninth Jane Wheeler Lea 4-H tenth. Darrell Caviness Roosevelt 4-H won first in Class Two-medium with runners up Jim Duncan Roosevelt 4-H Janis Gardner Roosevelt 4-H Dickie Wheeler Lea 4-H Dennis Jones Roosevelt FFA Darrell Caviness Roosevelt 4-H De Etta Johnson Lea 4-H Donna Gilmore Lea 4-H Louis Jones Roswell FFA Jay Powell Artesia FFA. Poultry winners include male grand champion black Cochin bantam owned by Howard Haydon Roswell and female champion dark Cornish bantam owned by Frances Howard Lovington. The grand champion trio (black cochin) also shown by Howard Haydon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herefords
Mike Gilmore
Lea
Dickie Wheeler
Gary Kuykendall
Chaves
Phil Straley
Lincoln
Gayla Smith
Mitch Brininstool
Kent Best
Roosevelt
Bobby Booky
Honda Ffa
Jane Wheeler
Darrell Caviness
Jim Duncan
Janis Gardner
Dennis Jones
Roosevelt Ffa
de Etta Johnson
Donna Gilmore
Roswell Area Weather Outlook Through Weekend
Partly cloudy conditions persist with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds. Highs reach 88 degrees today and Saturday, with lows near 62 degrees.
ENM Fair Schedule Highlights Horse Show and Rodeo
Today 8 a.m. features horse show Western classes and fat calves judging. 1 p.m. exhibitors must notify superintendent if not selling. 2 p.m. beef cutting demo, 6 30 p.m. another beef cutting demo, 7 30 p.m. rodeo. 8 p.m. Mexican Cookery demo by Chaves County Extension and carnival runs from 11 a.m. to midnight. Saturday includes junior livestock sale at 7 a.m. and multiple rodeos and demonstrations with check out at 10 p.m.
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Chaves County
Festus Impersonator Ken Curtis Dazzles at Roswell Rodeo
Roswell crowds enjoy Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen after a rain delayed opening night. Curtis blends a real Festus dialect with a polished singing voice from the Tommy Dorsey era and the Sons of the Pioneers. He notes Gunsmoke’s long run and plans additional rodeo performances with the Frontiersman Quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing Crosby
Festus
Curtis
Frontiersman
Ken Curtis
Frank Sinatra
Tommy Dorsey
Sons of the Pioneers
Matthew
Miss Kitty
Fie
Festus Haggen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thiokol Center
Jim Smith
Walter Olson
Olson
THE
Associated Press
Hinkle
Connie Wheeler
Hereford
Miss Wheeler
Jimmy Wheeler
Lovington
Prairie View
Clyde Smith
Curtis Smith
Carl Novak
Garth LeClair
Dennis LeClaire
Gail Weatherford
Helen Brewer
Scott Heitman
Ronnie, Rebecca
Randy Bowen
David H. Kelly
Tommy Stevens
Ray Wilmon
Levington
Roswell and Vicinity
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